THE RATS & THE RULING SEA begins where THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY ended; Thashas wedding is hours away. It is a wedding that will both fulfil the promise of a mad gods return & see her murdered. Pazel has thwarted the sorcerer who would bring back the god but both sides now face deadlock. Can Thasha be saved? Can the war between two Empires be stopped? THE RATS & THE RULING SEA is once again focused on the giant ancient ship the CHATHRAND but now she must brave the terrors of the uncharted seas; the massive storms & the ship swallowing whirlpools & explore lands forgotten by the Northern world all the time involved in a vicious running battle with a ship half her size but nearly her match. Robert Redicks new novel takes the reader further into the labyrinthine plots & betrayals that have underscored the trilogy from the beginning. Robert Redicks sequel to the acclaimed THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY is a masterpiece of plotting & adventure. As each page turns the reader shares with the characters the dawning realisation that nothing is at it seems. ...

Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes have brought together an inspired & diverse selection ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries as well as drawing upon works in translation & traditional poems from oral cultures. In effect this anthology has transformed the way we define & appreciate poetry & it will continue to do so for years to come. ...

As a grey drizzle descends upon the damp errand boys & busy omnibuses of London Daisy Dalrymple is feeling rather cheerful & excited to be showing her nephew & future stepdaughter the glories of Kensingtons Natural History Museum. But as closing time draws near Daisy & Co. hear a tremendous crash & are horrified to discover one of the curators dead
- horribly murdered
- atop of a pile of dinosaur bones. Together with her fiance Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard Daisy is soon investigating a baffling case of missing gems dispossessed European gentry fakery & fossils...and where professional grudges boil over into murder.

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Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university & a man who glories in training the movers & shakers of the political world. He has lived grandly & ferociously
- & much beyond his means. His close friend Chick has suggested that he put forth a book of his convictions about the ideas which sustain humankind or kill it & much to Ravelsteins own surprise he does & becomes a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in turn that Chick write a memoir or a life of him & during the course of a celebratory trip to Paris the two share thoughts on mortality philosophy & history loves & friends old & new & vaudeville routines from the remote past. The mood turns more somber once they have returned to the Midwest & Ravelstein succumbs to AIDS & Chick himself nearly dies.
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If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man... Raven & the Wolfpack plough the sea-road in pursuit of the Saxon traitor Ealdred who has left the Fellowship for dead & fled to the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne & the promise of untold riches. Sailing in search of revenge the pagan Norsemen venture into the heart of a Christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth a place where danger lies in wait around every bend of the great river up which they travel. A young man with no memory & a blood-tainted eye Raven has found friendship & purpose amongst this fierce band of warriors. Having proved himself in battle he is now certain that Viking blood flows in his veins but to survive this adventure his cunning must be as sharp as his blade... ...

We lusted for an even greater prize: one that can never be lost or stolen or burnt... Raven & his fellow Vikings have suffered. Good men have died. Hard-won treasure has been lost. But for these Norsemen there is something more precious than gold or silver & that is fame
- for this is what a warrior leaves behind when he has breathed his last. & so the brotherhood sail for Constantinople the city they call Miklagard. There it is rumoured both riches & glory are to be found but the journey takes them through unknown & dangerous waters
- from the wind-whipped marshes of the Camargue to the treachery & faded glory of a once-mighty Rome. For Raven & the Wolfpack there is a high price to pay for the fame they seek. Miklagard's streets may seem paved with gold but they also run with blood.. .A brilliant brutal new chapter in the story of Raven this is historical fiction at its most authentic & exciting.

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Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves' Shetland series -- which is now the major BBC1 drama starring Douglas Henshall SHETL&. It is a cold January morning & Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream the ravens continue their deadly dance.. . The locals on the quiet island stubbornly focus their gaze on one man -- loner & simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil of suspicion & fear is thrown over the entire community. For the first time in years Catherine's neighbours nervously lock their doors whilst a killer lives on in their midst. Also available in the Shetland series are White Nights Red Bones Blue Lightning & Dead Water. Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series (ITV television drama VERA) contains five titles of which The Glass Room is the most recent. ...

This is the first book in a brand new series from bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. Fans of SHIVER (9781407115009) LINGER (9781407121086) & FOREVER (9781407121116) will love this new quartet! Blue has spent the majority of her sixteen years being told that if she kisses her true love he will die. When Blue meets Gansey's spirit on the corpse road she knows there is only one reason why
- either he is her true love or she has killed him. Determined to find out the truth Blue becomes involved with the Raven Boys four boys from the local private school (lead by Gansey) who are on a quest to discover Glendower
- a lost ancient Welsh King who is buried somewhere along the Virginia ley line. Whoever finds him will be granted a supernatural favour. Never before has Blue felt such magic around her. But is Gansey her true love? She can't imagine a time she would feel like that & she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them

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Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route & decides to take her home. The unlikely couple falls in love & conceives a child
- an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms & legs & covets wings & the ability to fly. Betwixt & between she reluctantly grows into a young woman until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her. One of the world's most beloved storytellers has created a dark fairytale full of wonderment & longing. Illustrated with Audrey Niffenegger's bewitching etchings & paintings Raven Girl" explores the bounds of transformation & possibility."
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Hey Kitty Slade here just checking in again. I was getting pretty used to seeing you know dead people
- but they can still take
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